The flight departed from Philadelphia International Airport headed for San Francisco.

It will make scheduled stops in Charlotte, Phoenix and San Francisco before returning as a red-eye flight back to Philadelphia on Saturday.

All future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner as a part of a merger deal announced in 2013.

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Jo'wan Bellamy taught in the GNETS program for 17 years and recently transferred to Atlanta’s new behavioral program at Crawford Long Middle School. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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